Hi, I am Arnauld DELLA SIEGA, administrator of Landships! France (http://landships.free.fr), the unofficial website dedicated to Landships! (you -Ed Wimble- friendly granted me the authorization to make this website, a cyberboard gamebox etc. a couple of years ago).

Just few words to give you some news. The forum welcomes now gamers from different countries. We have a lot of projects for 2008. Solo rules, new scenarios, tactical manuals, a VASSAL gamebox (if you give me theauthorization).

We attract more and more people and it is a good thing. Landships! is not dead. Au contraire, by dint of perseverance, we form now a small but active community and I keep on promting this game wherever I go / whenever I can.

The members of Landships!France would know the release date of Real Weapons. [effacé, par souci diplomatique. Les anciens de NaviresTerrestres se rappellent sans doute les propos d'Ed Wimble concernant les raisons du retard]. I hope that you didn't give up (I preordered 2 copies) and all Landships!France expect this new expansion. If you need help, please contact me. And if you've decided to give up this project ... well. Perhaps could we find an agreement to keep on developping this serie.

I have forwarded your offer of help to the current developer of Real Weapons. He may contact you. Yes, you have my permission make a Vassal gamebox free for download to the public.Good luck!!!Sincerely,

Hi Ed,It is a long time I have write to you. It seems that Real Weapons is not veryclose to be published. In the meantime, a lot of games with approx. the samescale is published (In the trenches by Grenier Games, Trenches of Valor byVictorypoint Games, Les Nettoyeurs by Vae Victis... Landships! is a 15 yo gamenow and you have to consider this competition. You at CoA can still win it. Ithink it would be a great idea :1/ : to "design" a version 2 of Landships! more "modern" (better written, slightly easier and more fun). Landships! has the potential to, and my team and myself are ready to make it.2/ : or to design a new tactical system, more "of-the-moment". I am ready to make it as well.

Let me know,

Regards,

Arnauld Della SiegaBy the way, My website "Landships!France" has now its own version in english.